I manage a large banquet and conference center and in that capacity, I have the ability to market lasers (and other dance lighting) to weddings, proms, sweet 16's and other events and, over the past few years of getting into this insidious hobby (now business), to say that I have accumulated a bit of gear is an understatement. I have a wide variety of software packages and DAC's (what is hooked up between a computer and projector to "talk" to the lasers), and a large array of various types of lasers - maybe around 25-26 projectors, plus beam tables, lumia rigs, effects lasers and Lord knows what else. Sick, sick disease this whole laser business is!
fyi Greg M told us at the LSO class that 1W of 445 blue equals the 'brightness' of ~50 mW of 532 green.
yeah going to see BRAD MAY BE A MISTAKE- He is heavily infected and the addiction is HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS!
you are very lucky to have him so close- learn from him as much as you can- both the smart moves and the mistakes.+you will never find another gent as cool as Brad!! If I were you i would offer to help him with his set-ups lots to be learned by that!! BUT your budget is kinda small and you may wish you waited and spend more on gear to use longer before youy need a bigger 'fix'--
hak
Hey Dan,
Another New Jersey-an here. You'll save money by building, but the learning curve is steep. I started with a $500 Chinese projector with the intention of eventually building my own. I figure it's easier to have a working model to tinker with and learn from while building a bigger projector with better components. Paired with some high quality software, the chinese projector has been satisfying, but I still want more.
You should take Brad up on his offer, he'll definitely show you some amazing stuff!
Well... Dan made it down for a bit today and ImageLight and I were able to scratch the surface a little. Hopefully it was beneficial. Covered some basics and ran some shows. I think we're going to have another LSX contributor on our hands soon!
Bradfo69
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